Council of Nice: Frugged like a madwoman to the glorious strains of melody that emerged through the over-charged [literally and figuratively—those tubes are expensive] amps of the Anderson Council at Maxwell's last night. I'll offer another detail or two on that over the weekend; I just had to put these photos up right away, as Anderson Council bass player Rob Farrell (who provided them) and lead singer/guitarist Peter Horvath both told me that they read The Dawn Patrol every morning. Pete also reads Tanked Michael's blog religiously.

Downstairs, in Maxwell's "backstage," I told Pete that, after seeing the Anderson Council's performance, I believed he'd finally found a truly happy medium between the poppy, retro sound of the early Anderson Council and the dark, modern sound of his pre-AC band, Seething Grey.